The winners for the Chicago-based "Space in Between" contest, designed to honor groups in the greater Chicago, Milwaukee and Gary, Indiana areas that temporarily transform vacant lots and buildings into community-building projects, have been announced.

Of the three organizations that won top honors, one was was Milwaukee-based Metcalfe Park Community Action Team, which commandeered a vacant lot and adjacent boarded-up building in a neighborhood with one of the highest concentrations of vacant properties in the city. The group, which got a runner-up prize of $500, organized a neighborhood peace rally, a drive-in movie night and an art installation by local artist Ben Janik. | Nov. 2, 2012»Read Full Blog Post

The arms race between bar owners and college students with increasingly sophisticated fake IDs is heating up.

Students today can spend $100 to $150 on fake identification through a number of websites that claim superior quality down to the holograms and bar codes. There's an underground review that rates the quality of fake IDs from different sites. Students can even watch YouTube videos on how to make IDs showing they're 21, the legal drinking age. | April 20, 2013»Read Full Article(30)

Jared Watson, left, of hip-hop-flavored reggae band the Dirty Heads, performing in the Tap Milwaukee studios last month. Watson talked to Tap about landing his first big at the famed Roxy in Los Angeles. Photo by Bill Schulz.| April 20, 2013»Read Full Blog Post